Pinckley Prizes for Crime Fiction

How to Enter

First novels by a North American woman published by an American publisher during the 2016 calendar year are eligible for the Pinckley Prize for Debut Novel. Submissions should include a $25 entry fee (checks made out to WNBA-NO) and three (3) copies of the book. Submissions may be sent to Pinckley Prize for Crime Fiction, c/o WNBA-NO, P.O. Box 13926, New Orleans, La. 70185. The Pinckley Prize for Distinguished Body of Work will be selected by a jury only. Submissions for the Debut Novel Prize will not be considered unless accompanied by an entry fee. We regret that we are not able to consider electronic books at this time. Entry deadline is December 31, 2017.

Judges

Mary McCay is the Director of the Walker Percy Center at Loyola University New Orleans and a Professor of English. She has written books on Rachel Carson and Ellen Gilchrist and numerous articles on American women writers.

J.M. Redmann's mystery series features New Orleans PI Micky Knight. Her books have won First Place in the ForeWord mystery category, and three Lambda Literary awards. The Intersection of Law and Desire was an Editor’s Choice of the San Francisco Chronicle. Writing as R. Jean Reid, her book Roots of Murder will be published by Midnight Ink in the summer of 2016. Redmann lives in New Orleans.

Susan Larson is the host of the weekly radio show, The Reading Life, on WWNO-FM, New Orleans's NPR affiliate, and the author of The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans, which has appeared in two editions. Before that, she served as the book editor for The New Orleans Times-Picayune from 1988-2009. In 2009 and 2012, she chaired the jury for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She is the founding president of the Women's National Book Association of New Orleans.